Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 1, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Dustin Sternbeck (MPD) Mayor Bowser Kicks Off 2019 Safer, Stronger DC Summer Crime Initiative Mayor and MPD to Focus Resources to Reduce Violent Crime…

April 30, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton Introduces Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the Nuclear Weapons…

April 25, 2019 Media only: Janice L. Kaplan By The People Festival Features Art and Dialogue June 15-23 Free Activities Celebrate Life, Liberty, Happiness WASHINGTON, D.C. – By The People, Washington, D.C.’s largest…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 30, 2019 Media Contacts Terry Owens Lauren Stephens DDOT to Begin Spraying Ginkgo Trees (Washington DC) -- The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will begin the annual spraying of the…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 29, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Karen Dorbin (DCOA) Mayor Bowser Honors District Centenarians (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser recognized 61 District…

April 29, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton Introduces Bills to Remove Halfway House Subsistence Fees and Co-pays for Federal Inmates During Second Chance Month WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recognition of Second Chance Month, which is in…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 29, 2019 Contact: Katie Liming National Parks in Maryland, Virginia and DC provide more than 75,000 meals to neighbors with donated venison WASHINGTON — Six national parks in Maryland, Virginia and…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 29, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Olivia Dedner (OCA) Andrew Brenner (100RC) Mayor Bowser and 100 Resilient Cities Unveil DC’s First-Ever Urban Resilience Strategy Resilient DC: A…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2019 Contact: Erik Salmi Statement on DC Housing Authority Releasing RFP for Greenleaf Gardens Apartments in SW The DC Housing Authority has released a new request for proposals (RFP)…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2019 Media Contacts Terry Owens Lauren Stephens DDOT Celebrates Arbor Day with Festival, Growing Tree Canopy (Washington, DC) — Today, the District Department of Transportation celebrates…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 26, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Chanda Washington (DMPED) Christy Goodman (DCHA) Mayor Bowser Delivers Affordable Housing in Congress Heights Preservation Effort Will Create 220…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 25, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Olivia Dedner (OCA) Washington, DC Recognized by Bloomberg Philanthropies for Use of Data to Improve Delivery of Government Services DC Government…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 25, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Shayne Wells (DCPS) Mayor Bowser Launches First-Ever DCPS Student Guide to Graduation, College, and Career New Guide Builds on Recent Efforts to Better…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:April 24, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Terry Owens (DDOT) Mayor Bowser Highlights Investment to Transform Downtown DC with K Street Transitway Project Project builds on the Mayor’s Commitment to…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 24, 2019 MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications AG RACINE’S STATEMENT ON MPD INTERACTION WITH A 9-YEAR-OLD BOY ON APRIL 22 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine released the…

Contact: Simone Holzer New Report: Proposed FY 2020 Budget Falls Short on Racial Equity The proposed DC budget for fiscal year (FY) 2020 will reinforce gentrification and displacement of Black residents, and fails to take meaningful…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 23, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Mike Matthews (DOEE) Mayor Bowser Celebrates 100th Installation of Solar Works DC as DC Leads in Sustainability and Climate Action Unveils Updated…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:April 23, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Terry Owens (DDOT) Mayor Bowser Announces Increased DC Circulator Ridership in First Two Months of Fair Shot Free Ride Program (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today,…